Steve Schirripa Quotes

Abide by the voice of the majority, which we are told by our Master to be the voice of truth, never to be challenged, and always to be whole-heartedly enforced.

I say to my kids all the time - and this is absolutely true - I always say, 'Who's the boss?' and they go, 'You are.'

Xavier McDaniel made me respect him. I thought I could do anything I wanted to. He grabbed me one time and almost choked me out. He said, 'You're going to do this. You're going to go get coffee. You're going to go get doughnuts.' It's a game of respect.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

It's very important that we instill some respect for the parents. In America especially, the kids are unruly, screaming at Mommy and Daddy, running the show.

Be aware that the more often a child hears the word no, the greater his need to say no himself.

My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.

Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?

While they are kids, my children must do as I say.

In my family, if I talk back to my dad, I get in trouble.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

Ron Howard is the family patriarch. When he gave orders, directions, or suggestions to family members, they were not to be questioned. It was considered wrong to disagree with him.

Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.

It is important to say "sir" at these moments. And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last name, you better watch out. I'm telling you.

By learning to yield to the loving authority of his parents, a child learns to submit to other forms of authority which will confront him later in his life — his teachers, school principal, police, neighbors and employers.

I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason.

Authority is not a quality one person 'has', in the sense that he has property or physical qualities. Authority refers to an interpersonal relation in which one person looks upon another as somebody superior to him.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Learn to obey before you command.

Parents are trying to be friends with their kids rather than draw the line and tell them what proper public behavior would be.

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.